Mykola SolskiMinister of Agriculture Ukrainy, he resigned. As reported by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada – Ruslan Stefanchuk Solski's motion will be considered at one of the next plenary sessions.
National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) A few days ago, it posted on social media that the minister is involved in a corruption scandal.
Ukraine. Minister of Agriculture involved in a corruption scandal
He is suspected of being illegal purchase of 1,250 plots with a total area of ​​2,493 ha worth UAH 291 million (PLN 29 million). He also allegedly tried to take over additional land worth UAH 190 million (PLN 19 million).
In 2017 land from Sumy Oblast, which belonged to two state-owned enterprises, passed into private hands. Then, the group led by Solski destroyed the documentation regarding the plots and created a law allowing their takeover. Also organized a fake auction that made the whole procedure credible.
NABU and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine determined that More people from the Ukrainian government are involved in the scandal among others representatives of the ministry and the geodesy office.
The procedure lasted until at least 2021. Ukrainian media report that the lands were given to selected people in advance. Mostly, they were veterans of the fight in Donbas. The procedure lasted until at least 2021.
Ukraine. The Minister of Agriculture resigns
On Wednesday, right after the scandal was revealed, the opposition Batkivshchyna party submitted a motion to parliament to dismiss Solski.
Mykola Solski is a lawyer who has worked for years in the private sector related to agriculture. In 2019 he got into the Ukrainian parliament as a non-partisan candidate with a recommendation Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party.
For three years he served as chairman of the Committee on Agricultural Policy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. March 24, 2022 became Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda
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